From 462f94b967d4814e57bb6836cfd9d13abd8f9ab7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Nicholson <recyclebing+github@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:31:32 +0000
Subject: Added string length example

---
 bash.html.markdown | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bash.html.markdown b/bash.html.markdown
index ed4fa54f..fa3c5ebe 100644
--- a/bash.html.markdown
+++ b/bash.html.markdown
@@ -77,8 +77,11 @@ echo ${Variable/Some/A} # => A string
 Length=7
 echo ${Variable:0:Length} # => Some st
 # This will return only the first 7 characters of the value
-echo ${Variable: -Length}
-# This will return the last 7 characters (note the space before -Length)
+echo ${Variable: -5} # => tring
+# This will return the last 5 characters (note the space before -5)
+
+# String length
+echo ${#Variable} # => 11
 
 # Default value for variable
 echo ${Foo:-"DefaultValueIfFooIsMissingOrEmpty"} 
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